After Gao Yanchou led five thousand soldiers down the mountain from Qingniling, he followed Chencang Road and headed towards Fengzhou.
Li Tinggui led the remaining 10,000 soldiers to follow from a distance.
Walking on the muddy mountain road, Gao Yanchang quickly passed through Guzhen and Malingzhai, and went directly to Fengzhou City.
Looking at the heavily guarded Fengzhou City, Gao Yanchou just glanced at it, bypassed Fengzhou City without looking back, and entered Chencang Road in the direction of Huanghua Valley.
Stepping on the gravel-covered narrow road, Gao Yanchang couldn't help but laugh out loud: "This Luo Youdu is really considerate. If he is lucky enough to survive, I can spare his life..."
The Shu Road is already difficult to walk, and now it is the rainy season. The road is muddy and muddy, and there is even a little muddy water seeping into the boots, which is particularly uncomfortable.
Stepping on the newly built gravel road, Gao Yanchang felt a little happier.
Gao Yanchang smiled and said to his deputy Wang Luan: "Luo Youdu was obviously worried that we would be too slow to intercept their grain team, so he specially built a road for us."
From the words, it was obvious that Luo Youdu was not concerned about anything.
From letting an unknown general take over the city defense of Fengzhou, to dragging Zhang Jianxiong, Yang Yuan, and Zhao Ding to visit brothels, or suddenly arranging soldiers to collect gravel and pave roads a few days ago, everything has come and gone.
Although it is understandable that Luo Youdu wanted to have a good road for the grain transport team, Chencang Road is so narrow and long, what is the use of only building this section near Fengzhou?
You must know that the road is only as long as people walk on it. Chencang Road near Fengzhou has been repaired by people from Fengzhou for a long time, so the road environment is not bad.
The grain transport team has overcome the most difficult section, but they still care about the northern section of Fengzhou?
It's just a waste of labor for no reason.
"Speed up the pace! Arrange for You Yi to explore the movements of the opponent's grain team!"
Gao Yanchang gave the order.
Several Youyi soldiers rode short war horses and headed north along Chencang Road.
You Yibing rides a Shu horse, which is about the same size as a donkey. It is a horse unique to Shu. It is not very fast, but it can climb mountains and wade in water as easily as it can on flat ground.
Running in the mountains and forests, it is no less impressive than a Hequ horse.
About half an hour later, news came back from You Yibing.
"The Zhou army's grain team was discovered in the shallows of the Jialing River two miles ahead!" You Yibing looked a little panicked and said, "It's just that we were discovered by them. Kang Yu was hit by an arrow, and we don't know whether he is alive or dead."
A trace of excitement flashed in Gao Yanchou's eyes, and he said: "No problem, hurry up, send the order, speed up the march, and get ready for battle."
The provisions and baggage of the 20,000-strong army were packed one by one, like a long dragon, all over Chencang Road, stretching for miles.
Even if they found their traces, it would be too late to retreat and turn around.
With this batch of food, they can completely consume it with the Zhou army.
As for whether there will be reinforcements from Fengzhou, that is not a consideration for the time being. He has five thousand people on hand, and he can definitely pack up the grain team while resisting the reinforcements from Fengzhou behind.
As long as Li Tinggui's follow-up reinforcements arrive, the reinforcements in Fengzhou City will be nothing more than steamed meat on the knife board.
They drove quickly along Chencang Road.
When they arrived at the place where You Yibing found the grain transport team, they met Zhou Bing as expected.
It's just that what's waiting for them is not a grain transport team, but an elite team waiting for the moment.
Zhang Jianxiong looked at the Shu soldiers in front of him with shock in his eyes, and a thought came to his mind: "Isn't Luo Dujian a god?"
The situation in front of him didn't allow him to think too much. Luo Youdu's magical plan was engraved in his heart at this moment. He was full of confidence in winning this battle and shouted: "Young men, let's get started!"
As he shouted, the golden drums on the mountain road on the left sounded in unison and arrows rained down.
Zhang Jianxiong took the lead. Chen Cangdao was not suitable for horse fighting, so Ma Shan was left aside by him. He raised a thick-backed iron sword in his hand and chopped off the head of a Shu soldier.
He was crazy and like a demon, slashing left and right with his big knife, just like chopping melons and vegetables.
The heads and arms of Shu soldiers were all flying left and right under his sword, and they were either dead or maimed under the dancing iron sword.
Chencang Road can be wide or narrow, and the place they were in happened to be near the shallows of the Jialing River, so there was enough space for them to ambush and fight.
Zhang Jianxiong's sudden attack directly blinded the leading troops of the Shu army and forced them to the shoal.
Seeing Zhang Jianxiong being so fierce, Gao Yanchou's face changed drastically. There was only one thought in his mind: he had fallen into a trap.
Although he didn't know Zhang Jianxiong, the person facing him was definitely not a food transport team.
If the Zhou army and the grain transport team had this kind of combat effectiveness, why would they have to fight? They could just surrender.
"Quick, go and notify General Li!"
Gao Yanchang couldn't understand what was going on, but it was clear that the war situation had exceeded their plan and changes had to be made.
All this was naturally arranged by Luo Youdu in advance.
It turned out that Luo Youdu's initial plan was to seduce Li Tinggui and Gao Yanqian to attack the city, pretending that he was a scholar who did not know military skills and could be bullied at will, and showed his weakness to the enemy.
He even took Zhang Jianxiong, Yang Yuan and Zhao Ding to drink flower wine all day long.
But as time passed day by day, Luo Youdu couldn't wait for any news from Li Tinggui and Gao Yanqian, and he couldn't help but feel suspicious in his heart.
"Are you really thinking too much?"
After drinking flower wine for several days, the relationship between the four of them has been further improved.
Zhang Jianxiong and Yang Yuan took care of Luo Youdu's face and never mentioned the bet.
Luo Youdu could not let go. He had enough confidence in the judgment of Shu's economy. It was really unimaginable that Shu would have to fight a protracted war with them under such circumstances.
"Aren't you afraid of running out of food and salary and losing your livelihood?"
Food and wages!
In an instant, Luo Youdu reacted.
The other party was more clever than he thought. Their goal was not Fengzhou, but their food.
Why did Wang Jinghui arrange for himself to guard Fengzhou? Isn't it because Fengzhou is about to become a transit station for grain and grass, and someone is needed to take charge here.
Thinking of this, Luo Youdu immediately approached Zhang Jianxiong and asked him to lead two thousand troops to set up an ambush in the shallows of the Jialing River.
Zhang Jianxiong resisted at first, and found an excuse, saying: "If the enemy really wants to attack our food route, he will definitely have an informant. Once the two thousand soldiers leave Fengzhou City, they will be discovered immediately, and they cannot be hidden from others."
Luo Youdu not only felt that what Zhang Jianxiong said was reasonable, but also knew that he did not have enough confidence in himself and was unwilling to mess around.
But Luo Youdu quickly thought of a solution.
He ordered the people in the city to collect gravel, and on the pretext of building roads, he sent soldiers and laborers out of the city to sprinkle the gravel on the muddy Chencang Road.
He sent soldiers to carry gravel out of the city. One thousand, five hundred people went out at one time, and one thousand three came back. This was repeated ten times for two days, and Zhang Jianxiong was sent out without anyone noticing.
Zhang Jianxiong saw that Luo Youdu was thinking about this and could not find a reason to refuse.